52-week high and low alerts: get pinged on new highs and lows

A 52-week high is the highest point a stock has reached over about a year of trading, and a 52-week low is the lowest. Finance sites publish those lists because they flag stocks leaving a long range. A 52-week high alert does that for the names you follow, instead of a market-wide table. In Triggerly, New High and New Low are two separate alert types.

What the alert compares

A New High fires when the live price goes above the highest close in the window. A New Low fires when the live price goes below the lowest close. The line is a closing price from that window, not the highest or lowest tick inside those past sessions. Each alert fires at most once per trading day, so a stock that keeps ticking higher does not ping you on every uptick. It can still qualify again on a later day if the live price clears the highest close in the window once more.

The classic window is 52 weeks, which is 252 trading days. Sites publish a 52-week range for a household name such as MSFT. The alert is that same idea, limited to stocks you choose. It does not say whether the new high is worth buying.

How traders commonly use new highs and new lows

Traders often read a new 52-week high as a strong trend or a breakout from a long base. It can also be late, because much of the move may already have happened. A new high on heavy volume is a different day from a quiet drift. The alert puts the event in front of you. It is not a recommendation to chase it.

A new low is the mirror image: price under every close in the window. Some people want a breakdown warning, and some look for a decline that has run out of sellers. The ping does not choose. Read the news before you treat it as either one.

A 4-week or 8-week high only means "above recent closes," so it fires much more often than a 52-week high. Thirteen weeks is about a quarter. Windows of 24 months and longer are rare. If you want the yearly event, skip 4 weeks.

Windows you can set

• 52 weeks (252 trading days).
• Weeks: 4, 8, 13, 26, or 52.
• Months: 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48, or 60.

Twelve months and 52 weeks are both available. Either way, live price is compared with the highest close, or the lowest close for a New Low.

How to avoid noisy new-high alerts

Once per trading day stops a burst of pings inside one session. A stock that climbs all week can still clear the highest close on a later day. Length and extra conditions keep that list small:

• Use a longer window on volatile stocks. 26 weeks, 52 weeks, or a multi-month window fires less often than 4 or 8 weeks.
• Require participation. A Combined Alert takes up to three conditions, and all of them have to be true. It fires at most once per trading day. The straightforward pair is a new 52-week high and a volume spike at 3x the 20-day average. The other multiples are 2x, 5x, and 10x. Use 5x or 10x if 3x is still too common on that stock.
• Add momentum only if you want it. MACD can be one of the three conditions, such as a new high and a cross above zero. On its own, MACD is judged on completed daily closes.
• Watch one side. New High and New Low are separate. Skip the side you would ignore. When it fires, open AI Alert Analysis for the likely cause and the levels to watch.

A moving-average alert watches price cross an average. It does not report a break of the highest close.

Set a new high or new low alert on Android

1. Open Triggerly and search the stock.
2. Choose New High or New Low.
3. Set the window: 52 weeks (252 trading days), or one of the week or month lengths above.
4. Optional: add up to two more conditions in a Combined Alert. All of them must be true. New 52-week high and a 3x volume spike is the simple version. Use a price alert instead when you already have one exact level.
5. Turn on push, email, or Telegram once in Settings → Notifications. That applies to every alert on the account. For Telegram, open @triggerly_app_bot, tap Start, copy the Chat ID, and paste it in Settings. The Telegram guide is the one-time setup.

FAQ

What is a 52-week high alert?

A notification that fires when the live price goes above the highest close in the window you set. In Triggerly, 52 weeks means 252 trading days. New Low is a separate alert that fires when the live price goes below the lowest close in that window. Each fires at most once per trading day.

Does a new-high alert use the intraday high?

The bar it has to beat is the highest close in the window, not the highest tick inside those past sessions. The alert fires when the live price goes above that close. It does not measure the move from today's open.

Can I watch a window other than 52 weeks, for free?

Yes, on Android. Week windows are 4, 8, 13, 26, or 52. Month windows are 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, 48, or 60. Triggerly has no ads, no subscription, and no in-app purchases. Free accounts track up to 5 stocks with unlimited alerts per stock. Each friend who installs via your invite link and signs up unlocks 1 more stock, up to 15.

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